Milk-bottle closer.



F. BUCKHALTBR. MILK BOTTLE CLOSER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY e, 19os.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

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MILK-BOTTLE CLOSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed July 6, 1908. Serial No. 442,089.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK BUCK- HALTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ashbourne, in the county of Montgomery and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMilk-Bottle Closers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to milk bottle closers of that character employedin the household as a stopper for a milk bottle where a portion of thecontents thereof are poured out at different times, and the object of myinvention is to provide a closer which may be conveniently and easilyinserted in position within the mouth of the bottle, or withdrawntherefrom; which will be simple and cheap in construction, and in whichmeans are provided for removing the ordinary bottle cap, which meansoperate in anovel,

manner to clamp the several parts of the device together.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is an elevation of my improved milk bottle closer, illustratingthe same in position for insertion within the mouth of the milk bottle.Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view taken through my improvedcloser. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveView of my improved cap removing prong, removed, and, Fig. 5 is a viewsimllar to Fig. 1, illustrating my improved closer inserted in positionwithin the mouth of the milk bottle.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, I provide a pair ofcircular clamping sections 1 and 2, preferably constructed of a suitablewood, and of substantially reduced diameter to that of the mouth of amilk bottle. One of the clamping sections, the clamping section 2,herein shown, is provided with a central outwardly extending roundedboss or knob 3, constituting a handle, while the other section 1 isprovided with a small slotted central opening extending therethrough fora purpose to be hereinafter described. Between the clamping sections 1and 2, is disposed a circular disk 9, preferably of rubber or likematerial of greater diameter than that of the sections 1 and 2 andadapted to snugly fit within the mouth of a milk bottle. A sharpenedprong 4 is further provided, having a short portion 5 doubled backthereon, to provide a head and having an extending shank 6 bent at rightangles to said portion 5 and provided with a series of angularlyprojecting teeth 7, which shank 6 is sharpened at its extremity 8, andis adapted for insertion through the said central slotted opening in theclamping section 1 and is adapted to be driven through the disk 9 andinto the clamping section 2 by a series of blows upon its head formed bythe double portion 5 until said doubled portion rests against theadjacent face of the clamping section 1, wherebythe teeth 7 engage thematerial of the clamping section 2 and prevent the withdrawal of theprong 4. The prong 4 thus extends at an angle over the face of theclamping. section 1, and being of a length not greater than one-half thediameter of said disk, is readily adaptable to be thrust into andthrough the ordinary pasteboard milk bottle cap, in order that the samemay be withdrawn. The part-s are thus assembled and locked together bymeans of the shank 6 of the prong 4 and the device is then ready forinsertion within the mouth of a milk bottle as'shown in Fig. 5 in orderto keep the contents of the milk bottle intact when a portion only ofsuch contents are used from time to time.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A milk bottle closer of the character described, comprising a pair ofcircularopposing clamping sections, a circular flexible disk carriedbetween said sections, and a sharpened metallic cap removing prong, oneof said clamping sections being provided with a central outwardlyextending boss or knob, forming a handle, and said cap removing prongbeing provided with an angular shank at one end thereof, havingprojecting teeth and adapted for engagement through the op posite one ofsaid clamping sections, and with an intermediate portion bent back uponitself to form a head whereby the said shank may be driven through saidflexible disk and'into the material of said clamping section providedwith said handle, to engage the material thereof with its said teeth,and to clamp said sections, and said disk together, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. MILLER, WM. F. MILLER.

